Florida Dept. of Health issues guidelines telling doctors to medically de-transition trans. youth.

[RandySF]

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NEW: The Florida Department of Health just issued guidelines telling doctors to medically de-transition all transgender youth and banned them from social transition treatment, including “name, pronoun, and clothing changes.”

Link to Memo:

https://www.floridahealth.gov/_documents/newsroom/press-releases/2022/04/20220420-gender-dysphoria-guidance.pdf

[Ocelot II]

1. These people are just f&cking mean.

They're hurting kids just because the MAGAts like it. Wonder how many families will leave FL on account of this?

[lpbk2713]

2. There's no question about it any more.

DeShithead has gone off the deep end.

[blue neen]

3. If I was a doctor, a teacher, a professor I'd get the hell out of Florida.

DeathSantis is telling everyone how to do their professional jobs. Bullshit.

[Takket]

4. Enough. Time for the Feds to step in

Florida is abusing kids.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

25. WAY past time for the feds to step in...

And Florida sure is, as are all these other states. Each day, they invent new ways to inflict more abuse upon kids.

[Budi]

5. Who was the evil Dr in Hitler's regime who experimented on children, women, men

Mengele?

This is no less abhorrent.

[Hekate]

6. I just feel sick

[scarletlib]

7. Unless it's some sort of official order or law, as a Doctor I would do what the parents/child wants.

If it is an official order, doctors/parents should sue. Should be easy to prove this is based on politics not sound medical practice.

[Tickle]

13. you would do what the parents want

Meaning you would involve the parents?

[scarletlib]

17. Doctors should do what the parents/child want. Not be dicatated to by politicians with an agenda.

I think doctors and/or parents have an option to sue the state for interfering in accepted medical practices.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

22. Some people have been tickled too much...

As a result, they have agendas.

Don't mind that one. They openly show their agenda, and supporting the trans community is not part of it.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. The nonenforceable guidelines single out socially transitioning rather than just medically transitio

The Florida Guidelines are non-enforceable but are actually nastier than what Paxton and Abbott are trying to do in Texas

Link to tweet

https://19thnews.org/2022/04/florida-transgender-medical-social-transition/

“DeSantis has asserted that government not only knows better than parents and doctors what care to provide to children, but that government knows better than parents what clothes their kids should wear, what name they should be given, and what pronouns they should be referred to with,” he said.

Jeremy Redfern, press secretary for the Florida Department of Health, said in an email that the department’s guidelines are not enforced by the state. The guidelines are intended to inform health care practitioners, patients and families, he said.

Florida’s health agency cites a peer-reviewed 2020 analysis of German children with gender dysphoria as evidence for its recommendation against allowing transgender youth to socially transition. The study found that peer and family support should be provided instead of encouraging a trans child to socially transition, since the authors could not prove a direct link between socially transitioning and improved mental health. By contrast, pediatricians who work with trans youth say the reversible and affirming practice helps lessen depression and anxiety.

Liz Frederick, who lives in Orange Park, Florida, is helping her 13-year-old son, AJ, socially transition alongside his medical transition. She sees it as a very important part of supporting him.

[Caliman73]

10. As a UCLA Alumni, I am ashamed that fool went to or worked at my school.

If he has a medical license, it needs to be stripped. He needs to be condemned by the AMA and APA immediately.

[Bettie]

15. One correction: Nastier than anything Paxton and Abbott are trying to do YET

I have no doubt that they and other right wing assho--governors/officials will follow suit very soon.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

9. I got to get my name changed asap

And my gender marker too. By October.

Anyone know any pro bono lawyers that could help me with this,help me get papers changed etc.

I am afraid if republicans get control I will never be able to do it and I will be stuck with my deadname.

[obamanut2012]

12. Find out the cost, get all paperwork signed off and ready

Then do a GFM.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

18. What is a gfm?

[IngridsLittleAngel]

23. Go Fund Me

And good luck with getting all of that handled in the next few months. I do hope you can.

[Initech]

11. This is seriously criminal and dehumanizing.

Fuck Fox News for bringing this on. Rat bastards.

[vercetti2021]

14. Florida needs to be cut off from the free world

They wanna go fascist. Fine then be treated as such. Allow people to leave and thats that. No federal aid for hurricanes or shit

[lindysalsagal]

16. Stop all federal subsidies and grants and loans that local governments rely on.

De-fund the effing crap out of florida. Keep payments directly to citizens, but close the spigot on money governments can spend until they recognize the constitutional rights of citizens.

AND EFFING TAX THE CHURCH!!!!!

[I_UndergroundPanther]

19. Yes!

[Demovictory9]

20. how are you going to enforce a kid's "clothing changes". Bounty on girls in dockers?

Bounty on boys with shirts that button in the girl direction?

[Ms. Toad]

21. The guidance is evil, no doubt.

But I don't see the memo (1) telling doctors to detransition all transgender youth or (2) banning social transition treatment.

I do not believe the guidelines have the force of law, and, aside from anything else, doctors are not in charge of name, pronoun, and clothing changes.

Note: I'm absolutely NOT supporting the guidelines. I just want us to be scrupulously honest in describing them. They are bad enough without giving the other side an inch of wiggle room to claim we are lying about them.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

24. Another day, another attack..

Now telling doctors to "de-transition"... How many steps are we now away from ordering conversion therapy? 1? Maybe 2?

Everyday these fascists try to outdo each other, gain the lead in the race to the bottom, see who can be the most evil. And like the "tough guys" they are, the target is one of the most vulnerable communities out there...

Children, no less!

Rest assured: They succeed on this, it'll be "de-transitioning" adults next.

Should any trans youth in Florida take their own life over this shit? Wrongful death lawsuits for everyone. Seriously.

Fuck DeSantis. Fuck the Department of Unhealth. Fuck Florida.